Jazz for the Carriage Trade


Jazz for the Carriage Trade is a 1956 album recorded by George Wallington's quintet with Donald Byrd on trumpet and Phil Woods on alto saxophone and released by Prestige Records the same year. The pianist and the front line were joined by Teddy Kotick on bass and Art Taylor on drums to make up the rhythm section.

Reception

Jazz critic Scott Yanow noted, "The music falls between bebop and hard bop with Woods sounding quite strong while Byrd comes across as a promising youngster. A fine example of this somewhat forgotten but talented group, easily recommended to bop collectors." Richard Cook of The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album 3 of 4 stars, describing it as more straight-ahead than Wallington's album ''The New York Scene.''

Track listing

All compositions by George Wallington unless otherwise indicated
  1. "Our Delight" – 5:37
  2. "Our Love is Here to Stay" – 5:31
  3. "Foster Dulles" – 5:06
  4. "Together We Wail" – 6:51
  5. "What's New" – 7:12
  6. "But George" – 5:49

Personnel